Lessons+Learned

Colorado Consultants have a section on the agenda for the TOT training titled "Lessons Learned."

A list is started below. Please add to it as you reflect on the agendas and experiences we have had since January.

Lessons learned:

1. Teachers need to see the end product and know what their goals are from the beginning. (develop 2 modules, student work, etc.) 2. Teachers need time in content areas to process standards and application. 3. Many of the suggestions made for module creator have now been implemented...how do we make sure that we keep all cohort participants updated with changes to Module Creator? 4. Early in the first session we need to make connections between CCS, CAS and teacher evaluation/expectations. Show the shifts! 5. Colorado consults needed to have a firm roster with emails for communication with teachers in Cohort I from the beginning. TOT's in the districts will solve this issue. 6. Having written a module and experienced every phase of the process is key to supporting teachers. 7. Districts need support to manage some of the issues related to effective implementation (i.e. text complexity, standards, strategies for struggling readers/writers...) 8. Administrators in the districts need to have awareness of the cohort activities and expectations and make links to the evaluation process and provide support for staff and for capacity building.